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Foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to LTL 0.8 bln in November
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In November 2011, compared to October, exports grew by 1.5%; it was influenced by an increase in exports of fertilisers – by 29.6%, electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof – 17.5%. Imports increased by 0.3%; it was influenced by an increase in imports of boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances and parts thereof – by 16.2%. Exports of goods, mineral products excluded, grew by 1.6, imports – 0.5%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin decreased by 0.3%, mineral products excluded – 0.8%.
In November 2011, compared to November 2010, exports grew by 17.8%; it was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products – by 49.4%, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances and parts thereof – 32.8%. Imports increased by 14.8%; it was influenced by an increase in imports of crude oil – by 19.3%, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances and parts thereof – 10.9%. Exports of goods, mineral products excluded, grew by 9.8, imports – 12.1%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 17.9%, mineral products excluded – 7.3%.
In January–November 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, exports and imports increased by 30.9 and 30.5% respectively. An increase in exports was influenced by an increase in exports of petroleum products – by 42.9%, ground vehicles – 48%, and fertilisers – 67.1%. An increase in imports was influenced by an increase in imports of crude oil – by 34.3%, ground vehicles – 54%, and boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances and parts thereof – 32.6%. Exports of goods, mineral products excluded, grew by 27.2, imports – 26.5%. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin increased by 26.8%, mineral products excluded – 21.5%.
In January–November 2011, the most important partners in exports were Russia (16.2%), Latvia (10.2%), Germany (9.2%), and Poland (7.1%), in imports – Russia (32.9%), Germany (9.8%), Poland (9.1%), and Latvia (6.6%).
In January–November 2011, the largest share in exports fell within mineral products (25.7%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (10.1%), products of the chemical or allied industries (9.2%), in imports – mineral products (35.2%), machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment (12%), products of the chemical or allied industries (10.4%).
Table 1. Foreign trade balance, LTL million
|
|
Exports |
Imports |
Balance |
|
January–November 2011 |
63629.5 |
71738.6 |
-8109.1 |
|
January |
4958.5 |
5724.8 |
-766.3 |
|
February |
5161.5 |
5779.0 |
-617.5 |
|
March |
5664.5 |
6528.1 |
-863.6 |
|
I quarter |
15784.5 |
18032.0 |
-2247.5 |
|
April |
5201.5 |
6315.8 |
-1114.3 |
|
May |
6123.5 |
6880.5 |
-757.0 |
|
June |
6082.0 |
6682.8 |
-600.8 |
|
II quarter |
17407.0 |
19879.2 |
-2472.2 |
|
July |
5711.0 |
6352.8 |
-641.8 |
|
August |
6036.4 |
6677.5 |
-641.1 |
|
September |
6408.2 |
6850.4 |
-442.2 |
|
III quarter |
18155.6 |
19880.8 |
-1725.2 |
|
October** |
6096.2 |
6964.2 |
-868.0 |
|
November |
6186.2 |
6982.5 |
-796.3 |
|
January–November 2010 |
48623.9 |
54967.3 |
-6343.4 |
|
I quarter |
10519.1 |
12046.0 |
-1526.9 |
|
II quarter |
13090.8 |
14609.8 |
-1519.0 |
|
III quarter |
14405.3 |
16486.4 |
-2081.1 |
|
November |
5249.7 |
6081.5 |
-831.8 |
|
IV quarter |
16023.6 |
17810.6 |
-1787.0 |
|
2010 |
54038.8 |
60952.8 |
-6914.0 |
** Revised data.
Table 2. Structure of and changes in foreign trade by BEC
|
BEC |
January–November 2011 |
|||||
|
exports |
imports |
change, compared to the same period in 2010,% |
||||
|
value, LTL million |
share,% |
value, LTL million |
share,% |
exports |
imports |
|
|
Total |
63629.5 |
100.0 |
71738.6 |
100.0 |
30.9 |
30.5 |
|
Capital goods |
5661.7 |
8.9 |
7776.3 |
10.8 |
19.4 |
36.5 |
|
Intermediate goods |
33213.0 |
52.2 |
47015.3 |
65.5 |
35.6 |
33.2 |
|
Consumption goods |
16282.9 |
25.6 |
14016.5 |
19.5 |
20.1 |
17.0 |
|
Motor spirit |
5633.9 |
8.9 |
65.5 |
0.1 |
35.1 |
-43.9 |
|
Passenger motor cars |
2570.3 |
4.0 |
2830.7 |
3.9 |
71.3 |
51.6 |
|
Other |
267.7 |
0.4 |
34.3 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
Table 3. Structure of and changes in trade with key foreign partners
|
Exports |
January–November 2011 |
Imports |
January–November 2011 |
|||||
|
value, LTL million |
share of goods of Lithuanian origin,% |
share,% |
change, compared to the same period in 2010,% |
value, LTL million |
share,% |
change, compared to the same period in 2010,% |
||
|
Total |
63629.5 |
66.1 |
100.0 |
30.9 |
Total |
71738.6 |
100.0 |
30.5 |
|
EU |
39171.8 |
79.0 |
61.6 |
31.4 |
EU |
39960.9 |
55.7 |
28.2 |
|
CIS1 |
17429.5 |
26.4 |
27.4 |
34.7 |
CIS1 |
26339.7 |
36.7 |
34.7 |
|
EFTA2 |
1472.2 |
92.9 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
EFTA2 |
567.0 |
0.8 |
58.0 |
|
Russia |
10337.5 |
20.2 |
16.2 |
37.0 |
Russia |
23631.9 |
32.9 |
32.1 |
|
Latvia |
6500.9 |
55.4 |
10.2 |
42.9 |
Germany |
7010.1 |
9.8 |
19.5 |
|
Germany |
5881.4 |
86.8 |
9.2 |
19.6 |
Poland |
6507.8 |
9.1 |
32.0 |
|
Poland |
4529.1 |
69.8 |
7.1 |
17.5 |
Latvia |
4770.5 |
6.6 |
38.1 |
|
Estonia |
4269.9 |
70.1 |
6.7 |
72.6 |
Netherlands |
3527.0 |
4.9 |
47.5 |
|
Netherlands |
3795.6 |
95.0 |
6.0 |
45.5 |
Sweden |
2425.7 |
3.4 |
33.6 |
|
Belarus |
3368.6 |
13.7 |
5.3 |
36.8 |
Italy |
2257.5 |
3.1 |
23.4 |
|
France |
2656.8 |
92.1 |
4.2 |
76.5 |
Belgium |
2241.8 |
3.1 |
23.9 |
|
United Kingdom |
2650.7 |
92.6 |
4.2 |
9.9 |
Estonia |
2021.7 |
2.8 |
30.2 |
|
Sweden |
2263.1 |
91.6 |
3.6 |
27.0 |
France |
1736.0 |
2.4 |
22.5 |
|
Ukraine |
2019.4 |
80.6 |
3.2 |
14.6 |
Belarus |
1728.8 |
2.4 |
85.4 |
|
Other countries |
15356.5 |
81.1 |
24.1 |
- |
Other countries |
13879.8 |
19.5 |
- |
1 Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
2 Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
Table 4. Commodity structure of and changes in exports
|
CN sections |
January–November 2011 |
||||
|
value, LTL million |
share of goods of Lithuanian origin,% |
share,% |
change, compared to the same period in 2010,% |
||
|
|
Total |
63629.5 |
66.1 |
100.0 |
30.9 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
16204.4 |
93.5 |
25.5 |
42.7 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
4617.9 |
10.9 |
7.3 |
48.0 |
|
84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
3816.8 |
21.7 |
6.0 |
34.2 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
3719.6 |
80.8 |
5.8 |
17.4 |
|
94 |
Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings |
3259.3 |
88.9 |
5.1 |
23.8 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
3064.0 |
96.1 |
4.8 |
67.1 |
|
85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
2626.2 |
38.2 |
4.1 |
21.6 |
|
44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
2154.1 |
84.8 |
3.4 |
26.2 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
1531.5 |
96.6 |
2.4 |
17.4 |
|
|
Other |
22635.7 |
54.9 |
35.6 |
- |
Table 5. Commodity structure of and changes in exports of goods of Lithuanian origin
|
CN sections |
January–November 2011 |
|||
|
value, LTL million |
share,% |
change, compared to the same period in 2010,% |
||
|
|
Total |
42073.0 |
100.0 |
26.8 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
15149.1 |
36.0 |
37.4 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
3006.5 |
7.1 |
20.3 |
|
31 |
Fertilisers |
2944.9 |
7.0 |
70.1 |
|
94 |
Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings |
2898.4 |
6.9 |
20.8 |
|
44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
1826.7 |
4.3 |
26.1 |
|
04 |
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
1479.7 |
3.5 |
18.6 |
|
85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
1002.2 |
2.4 |
19.9 |
|
84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
829.1 |
2.0 |
16.6 |
|
24 |
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes |
781.1 |
1.9 |
44.9 |
|
|
Other |
12155.3 |
28.9 |
- |
Table 6. Commodity structure of and changes in imports
|
CN sections |
January–November 2011 |
|||
|
value, LTL million |
share,% |
change, compared to the same period in 2010,% |
||
|
|
Total |
71738.6 |
100.0 |
30.5 |
|
27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
24284.4 |
33.9 |
38.3 |
|
87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
5806.0 |
8.1 |
54.0 |
|
84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
5029.2 |
7.0 |
32.6 |
|
85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and part thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
3612.1 |
5.0 |
17.7 |
|
39 |
Plastics and articles thereof |
2494.1 |
3.5 |
20.4 |
|
29 |
Organic chemicals |
2222.1 |
3.1 |
24.5 |
|
30 |
Pharmaceutical products |
1979.1 |
2.8 |
16.0 |
|
72 |
Iron and steel |
1464.4 |
2.0 |
46.5 |
|
48 |
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard |
1286.3 |
1.8 |
16.7 |
|
|
Other |
23560.9 |
32.8 |
- |
Table 7. Changes in imports and exports
|
Period |
Exports |
Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin |
Imports |
Balance |
|||
|
value, LTL million |
change, compared to the previous month,% |
value, LTL million |
change, compared to the previous month,% |
value, LTL million |
change, compared to the previous month,% |
LTL million |
|
|
2010-11 |
5249.7 |
-2.0 |
3399.5 |
-3.6 |
6081.5 |
5.9 |
-831.8 |
|
2010-12 |
5414.9 |
3.1 |
3476.2 |
2.3 |
5985.5 |
-1.6 |
-570.6 |
|
2011-01 |
4958.5 |
-8.4 |
3578.7 |
2.9 |
5724.8 |
-4.4 |
-766.3 |
|
2011-02 |
5161.5 |
4.1 |
3431.7 |
-4.1 |
5779.0 |
0.9 |
-617.5 |
|
2011-03 |
5664.5 |
9.7 |
3441.2 |
0.3 |
6528.1 |
13.0 |
-863.6 |
|
2011-04 |
5201.5 |
-8.2 |
3109.6 |
-9.6 |
6315.8 |
-3.3 |
-1114.3 |
|
2011-05 |
6123.5 |
17.7 |
3980.5 |
28.0 |
6880.5 |
8.9 |
-757.0 |
|
2011-06 |
6082.0 |
-0.7 |
3998.7 |
0.5 |
6682.8 |
-2.9 |
-600.8 |
|
2011-07 |
5711.0 |
-6.1 |
3989.6 |
-0.2 |
6352.8 |
-4.9 |
-641.8 |
|
2011-08 |
6036.4 |
5.7 |
4138.4 |
3.7 |
6677.5 |
5.1 |
-641.1 |
|
2011-09 |
6408.2 |
6.2 |
4374.2 |
5.7 |
6850.4 |
2.6 |
-442.2 |
|
2011-10 |
6096.2 |
-4.9 |
4020.8 |
-8.1 |
6964.2 |
1.7 |
-868.0 |
|
2011-11 |
6186.2 |
1.5 |
4009.5 |
-0.3 |
6982.5 |
0.3 |
-796.3 |
Note. Due to rounding, the sum of lines or columns in some tables may disagree with the “Total”.
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